IDAHO FALLS, Idaho, July 19 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Idaho National Laboratory issued the following news release: Idaho National Laboratory intern Jake Guidry has developed a cybersecurity research tool that could improve the security of electric vehicle charging. INL experts demonstrated the tool to colleagues from Sandia and Pacific Northwest national laboratories on June 7. The AcCCS tool provides access capabilities through CCS (combined charging system) communications protocol.   more

WASHINGTON, July 20 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) secured major wins in the Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24) that support New Mexico's men and women in uniform, military installations, national labs, and job-creating initiatives throughout the state. The Senate took its first procedural vote to open up consideration of the NDAA yesterday w  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has awarded two organizations five-year grants totaling $2.17 million, to develop and strengthen apprenticeship training programs aligned with NNSA's needs for traditional and emerging technician positions throughout its laboratories, plants, and sites. The selections were made after rev  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release on July 20, 2023: Today, U.S. Representative Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01), spoke in favor of renewing the financial provision in the Compacts of Free Association with the Freely Associated States (FAS), highlighting the value of the relationship for national security and economic opportunity. The Congresswoman advocated for continued engagement with the FAS as a way to diminish the risk of China assert  more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, July 20 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release on July 19, 2023: * * * Microscopic cracks vanish in experiments, revealing possibility of self-healing machines * * * Scientists for the first time have witnessed pieces of metal crack, then fuse back together without any human intervention, overturning fundamental scientific theories in the process. If the newly discovered phenomenon can be harnessed,   more

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico, July 21 (TNSjou) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories issued the following news release: * * * Sandia-developed software system finds, tracks moving objects as small as a pixel * * * Remember what it's like to twirl a sparkler on a summer night? Hold it still and the fire crackles and sparks but twirl it around and the light blurs into a line tracing each whirl and jag you make. A new patented software system developed at Sandia National L  more

ARLINGTON, Texas, July 19 (TNSres) -- The University of Texas Arlington campus issued the following news release: The University of Texas at Arlington is part of a new consortium funded by the Department of Energy that involves the development of new technologies and college courses covering everything from radiation detection to nuclear engineering. The grant also will help UTA develop 2D materials that can be integrated into new hand-held photonic technologies with multiple uses. Electrical  more